No Diggity: the Very Best Of Blackst CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Baby Be Mine ~ Blackstreet

2. Booti Call ~ Blackstreet

3. Before I Let You Go ~ Blackstreet

4. Joy - (New Carnegie mix) ~ Blackstreet

5. Falling In Love Again ~ Blackstreet

6. Tonight's The Night ~ Blackstreet

7. No Diggity - (featuring Dr. Dre) ~ Blackstreet

8. Billie Jean ~ Blackstreet

9. Never Gonna Let You Go ~ Blackstreet

10. Don't Leave Me ~ Blackstreet

11. I Can't Get You (Out Of My Mind) ~ Blackstreet

12. Fix ~ Blackstreet

13. (Money Can't) Buy Me Love ~ Blackstreet

14. Coming Home To You ~ Blackstreet

15. Get Me Home - (featuring Foxy Brown) ~ Blackstreet

16. Girlfriend/Boyfriend ~ Blackstreet

17. Lord Is Real, The (Time Will Reveal) ~ Blackstreet

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Blackstreet: Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal, Levi Little, Joseph Stonestreet,
	Dave Hollister, Eric Williams, Mark Middleton.
	Additional personnel: Janet Jackson (vocals); Eve, Queen Pen, Ja Rule, Dr. Dre, Ol' Dirty Bastard (rap vocals).
	Producers include: Teddy Riley, Markell Riley, Erick Sermon, William Stewart, Blackstreet.
	Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna.
	Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway.
	This compilation of the first era of Blackstreet, from its 1994 formation to its 1999 disbanding, does a good job of presenting the highlights of the vocal group's career along with some interesting obscure tracks. The song list includes most of the available chart hits by the group, the major omission being the 1999 Top Ten R&B/Top 20 pop hit "Take Me There" from the film The Rugrats Movie, credited to Blackstreet and Mya featuring Ma$e and Blinky Blink. Although the soundtrack album was on Blackstreet's then-label, Interscope, and the song appears on the group's third album, Finally, it is not included here, presumably due to some licensing conflict. Also missing, if more understandably, is Blackstreet's featured appearance on Janet Jackson's number one R&B hit "I Get Lonely," issued on Virgin Records. Otherwise, all of the group's biggest hits are featured, among them, of course, the platinum-selling title cut, "Don't Leave Me," and "Before I Let You Go." There are also album tracks such as Blackstreet's ballad treatment of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" and a couple of hard to find items: the non-album B-side of "No Diggity," a revival of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" that mixes in plenty of "No Diggity," and "Coming Home to You" from the soundtrack to the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus. The compilers have included much more from the group's first two albums, Blackstreet and Another Level, than from the less successful third, Finally, and that's a reasonable decision. The collection is not perfect, but it gives a good sense of Blackstreet's music of the 1990s. ~ William Ruhlmann
Musical Guests
	Ja Rule
	Eve
	Janet Jackson
	Foxy Brown
	Queen Pen
	Dr. Dre
	Ol' Dirty Bastard

Artist Overview

Teddy Riley invented New Jack Swing in the late 1980s as a producer and with his group, Guy. Blending the silky smooth vocal harmonies of contemporary R&B with the beats and musical edge of hip-hop, Riley created a whole new genre in black music. He continued his hot streak with his next group, Blackstreet. Founded in the early 1990s, the group scored several R&B hits before hitting number one across the board with the 1997 smash "No Diggity." The group's blunt loverman lyrics, slick beats, and undeniable grooves provided a template for subsequent R&B ensembles such as Pretty Ricky and Jagged Edge.

Compilation Appearances

	Vol. 1-In My Lifetime (Explicit Version)
	Hits: reloaded
	90's Soul Number 1's
	Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary R&B
	No 1'S

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/10/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : 4933842
	Label : Interscope (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00606949338428

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No Diggity: the Very Best Of Blackst (2003)

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Song Listing

Album Notes and Credits

Artist Overview

Compilation Appearances

Technical Info

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